The Great Lover (1949)
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?
Director: Alexander Hall
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Bob Hope as Freddie Hunter |
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Rhonda Fleming as Duchess Alexandria |
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Roland Young as C.J. Dabney |
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Roland Culver as Grand Duke Maximillian |
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Richard Lyon as Stanley Wilson |
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Gary Gray as Tommy O'Connor |
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Jerry Hunter as Herbie |
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Jackie Jackson as Joe |
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Wright Esser as Steve (as Karl Wright Esser) |
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Orley Lindgren as Bill |
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Curtis Loys Jackson Jr. as Humphrey |
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George Reeves as Williams |
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Jim Backus as Higgins |
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Sig Arno as Attendant |
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Jack Benny as Jack Benny (uncredited) |
| Directing | Alexander Hall | Director |
| Writing | Edmund Beloin | Writer |
| Writing | Melville Shavelson | Writer |
| Writing | Jack Rose | Writer |
| Crew | Gordon Jennings | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Directing | John R. Coonan | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Harold Lewis | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Jay Livingston | Songs |
| Sound | Ray Evans | Songs |
| Production | Edmund Beloin | Producer |
| Sound | Joseph J. Lilley | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ellsworth Hoagland | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Art | Ross Dowd | Set Decoration |
| Art | Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Art | A. Earl Hedrick | Art Direction |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |